Re: Expand first before asking the question "Display all xxx possibilities?"

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Expand first before asking the question "Display all xxx possibilities?"
Date	2020-08-05 09:55 -0400
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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On 8/2/20 6:55 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Instead of
> 
> $ zz /jidanni_backups/da<TAB>
> Display all 113 possibilities? (y or n) n
> 
> and then finally showing
> 
> $ zz /jidanni_backups/dan_home_bkp
> 
> how about doing the expansion first, so entering
> $ zz /jidanni_backups/da<TAB> would then change into
> $ zz /jidanni_backups/dan_home_bkp with below it the question
> Display all 113 possibilities? (y or n)

Thanks for the suggestion.

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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/

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Re: Expand first before asking the question "Display all xxx possibilities?" Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2020-08-05 09:55 -0400

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